Fishing-reel.



B. F. FLEGEL.

FISHING REEL.

APPLICATION FILED FEB- 2. I909.

Patented Aug. 24, 1915.

Z1 HUI BENJAMIN F. FLEG-EL, OF BACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR T0 GEORGE W. UPTON, 0F

. WARREN, OHIO.

.FISHIN G-REEL.

Application filed February 2, 1909.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. FLEGEL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Racine, in the county of Racine and State of lVisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Reels, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a line guiding mechanism for fishing reels to lay the line evenly and regularly on the spool without manual guidance.

The objects of the invention are, first, to

provide an attachment of the characterstated which may be easily and quickly secured to any ordinary reel or removed therefrom; second, to provide an attachment which will operate only while the line is being wound upon the spool; third, to avoid unnecessary wear on the line either when going out or when. coming in, and also the retarding of the speed of the bait when cast from the reel; fourth, to cheapen the cost and increase the effectiveness and lasting qualities of winding mechanism for fishing reels; and, finally, to insure the retention of the attachment or winding mechanism in its normal position by the pull on the line.

The invention will be hereinafter fully set forth and particularly pointed out in the drawings.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a reel with my improved winding attachment, showing the latter in the position it occupies after the bait has been cast. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with the winding mechanism in position to lay the line evenly on the spool, with parts Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of the line guiding mechanism, partly in section. Fig. 4 is a view of the dog or guide pin, and Fig. 5 is a perspective of the mechanism ready for attachment to the pillar of a reel. v

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the reel; 2 the spool, and 3 the front pillar of the reel. My winding attachment may be secured to the reel by any suitable means, but for this purpose I have shown jaws 4 detachably held to pillar 3 by screws 5.

7 designates a pivoted frame. which is shown in the form of a cross plate made of,

a stamping of a sheet of metal having its ends turned up to form arms 8, which at Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 24:, 11.915.

Serial No. 475,710.

. their outer ends support a non-rotatable right and left screw threaded rod 12, which is held fixed by screws 9, 9 at either end of -wise to center it on the reel and also permit the jaws '4 to be readily adjusted to reels having pillars and spools of difierent lengths. Preferably the supporting arms 8 I are stamped up from the base of the pivoted jecting portions formed by such indentations overlapping the outer peripheral edges of nut 14 to guide the line into groove 16 and prevent its entrance between the nut and the sides 19 of the bail. The ends of these sides are journaled on theh'ubs of the nut 14,

which is sleeved on to the threaded cross-bar 12 so that they may move laterally with the nut 14 the full length thereof, but to prevent the rotation of this bail, and hence to maintain an upright and proper position therefor, one of the sides 19 is extended to form an arm 20 the free end of which has a notch, 26,- for engaging the outer edge of the base orcross-plate of the pivoted frame 7, and to travel the length thereof as the nut travels to and fro on the threaded bar 12.

21 designates a dog or guide pin (see Figs.

3 and 4) set in nut 14, and having at'its inner end a flange22 which travels -in threads of bar 12 as nut 14 is revolved, and

in shape to the periphery of the nut; When the screw 24 has been turned to position, the

interior small screw 25 is screwed in until the crescent shaped lower edge 22 of guide interrupt the continuity of the groove 16 and I the periphery 15, with which the top of the screw 2stconforms, ting of the line.

In practice, when the top or outer end of a fishing rod is briskly thrown to cast a bait,

in order to prevent cutthe force of the motion throws outwardly the pivoted frame 7 upon which the winding mechanism is mounted. When in this position, as shown in Fig. 1, the line from the spool will pass through the bail and on through the first line guide of the rod approximately in a straight line, and the bail is made sufficiently large so that the line cannot contact therewith to an extent to materially retard its outward movement. Afterthe bait has reached the water, the winding mechanism is swung upward toward the spool, that is to say, the supporting frame is turned on its pivot, which consists of the jaws L about the pillar of the reel, so as to throw the threaded rod and nut closer to the spool. The inward move- -ment of the frame toward the spool is limited by the edge of one of the arms 8 of such frame engaging the cap of the reel, as shown in Fig. 2. When in this position the outer ends of the pivoted frame, and hence the threaded rod 12, are between the spool and a plane perpendicular to the fishing rod and parallel to the axle of the reel and tangent to the reel at its contact with the inner edge of the arm 8, of Fig. 2, and

indicated by the broken line CC in said Fig. 2. The tangentialcontact point of the line over thenut 14 is still farther behind said plane and, in consequence, the harder the fish pulls on the line the tighter the pivoted frame is held against the reel, and the pull of the line over the nut, from the spool to the first line guide, cannot pull the attachment back to the position shown in Fig. 1, which latter position it assumes only when positively forced outward either by hand or by the act of casting a bait. When the attachment is swung into the position shown in Fig. 2 the line is automatically guided into the central-peripheral groove 16, and the inwardly extended portions of the bail formed by the indentations 18 inspool, and a sure the guidance of the line, prevent its getting between the nut 14: and the bail 17 and make it impossible for it to rest anywhere other than in the groove. As the line is wound in, it does not drag over the circumference of the nut or wheel, but rolls on the latter, traveling with it as the winding progresses.

The operation of the device is as follows:

One of each of the pairs of the jaws 4. is

swung in a line parallel to the length of the frame plate. 7, after the screws 5 have been slightly loosened. The other parts of the jaws are placed under the forward pillar of the reel and the upper parts are then swung back \over the pillar. The screws 5 are then tightened down sufiic-iently to require.

quite a sharp forward motion of the rod to bring the mechanism forward. After the bait strikes the water the frame is thrown upward, as far as it will go, with one of the anglers fingers, and, when he turns the crank'to wind in the line mechanism will lay the line evenly on the spool. I claim as my -invention 1. A line winding mechanism for fishing v tween the axle of the reel and said, point ofcontact.

2. A line winding mechanism for fishing reels comp-rising the combination of a reel frame, havinga spool rotatably mounted therein, with a swinging frame mounted on said reel frame; a non rotatable right and left screw threaded rod mounted in said swinging frame; a rotatable nut engaging said rodv and, at its periphery, adapted to be frictionally engaged by a fishing line,

and an arm of said swinging frame formed to contact with the cap of the reel so as to locate the central tangential point of contact of the curve of the fishing line with the periphery of the nut, on a line between the axle of the spool and the point of contact of said frame with the cap of said reel.

3. A line winding mechanism for fishing reels comprising, in combination, a reelframe, a line-guide parallel with the axis of said pivoted frame for supporting such line-guide in either active or inactive positions, such line-guide being automatically held in its operative position wholly by the pull of the line.

a spool located within the reel-frame,

4. The combination with a reel-frame and .130

a spool rotatably mounted therein, of a line In testimony whereof I affix my signature winding attachment, a swinging frame for in presence of two Witnesses. the latter, clamping members for securing BENJAMIN F. FLEGrEL. said swinging frame to the reel-frame, and Witnesses:

means for adjustably connecting said clamp- I J NO. W. KNIGHT,

. mg members-rte the swinging frame. A. L. ANDERSON. 

